Healing and cleaning up in West

April 21, 2013 |Chron.com staff

After the devastating fertilizer-plant explosion, residents begin to move back in and try to piece together their lives.

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A woman rummages through a hugh pile of shoes at a distribution center where supplies like water and clothing, including medical supplies, are being dropped off or picked up as needed, in West, Texas, on April 19 2013, two days after a deadly fertilizer plant blast occured. While rescuers in Texas were set to return to the rubble in their continuing search for survivors after the massive blast killed as many as 15 people and destroyed dozens of homes, all roads leading to the area of destruction have been closed off and manned by various state authorities controlling the entry and exit of vehicles and people. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWNFREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images

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A woman rummages through a hugh pile of shoes at a distribution center where supplies like water and clothing, including medical supplies, are being dropped off or picked up as needed, in West, Texas, on April 19 2013, two days after a deadly fertilizer plant blast occured. While rescuers in Texas were set to return to the rubble in their continuing search for survivors after the massive blast killed as many as 15 people and destroyed dozens of homes, all roads leading to the area of destruction have been closed off and manned by various state authorities controlling the entry and exit of vehicles and people. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWNFREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images